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Slave trading in Madras: The Company’s shameful secret

When the term slave trade is mentioned, what comes to the mind is... Read More
When the term slave trade is mentioned, what comes to the mind is the Trans-Atlantic slave trade that flourished between the 16th and 19th centuries where people from Africa were shipped to the Americas.

But there also existed a strong slave trade through the Coromandal coast and the ports of Pulicat and Nagapattinam. And Madras, which prided itself on having many firsts in Asia, was also notorious for it.
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